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DeadFlip live stream from Chicago arcade featuring gameplay, community guests, and pinball discussion.
Simon and Trevor are commercial animators who animated the Wicked Witch character for Jersey Jack Pinball's Wizard of Oz machine
high confidence · Direct statement by Trevor: 'we also animated the witch on The Wizard of Oz pinball machine' and 'when Jersey Jack Pinball was coming out with The Wizard of Oz pinball machine, we're like, we want to help in any way possible. We animated the Wicked Witch on that pinball machine'
Simon and Trevor developed the backend system for all of Jersey Jack Pinball's future pinball machines
high confidence · Trevor states: 'And we also developed their whole back-end system For all their future pinball machines'
Stern Pinball released Star Trek with new code approximately one month prior to this stream
high confidence · Jack states: 'Like, Star Trek just got new code, you know, a month ago. This game's been out for a while.'
Stern notoriously releases games with unfinished code that improves significantly after updates
medium confidence · Jack explains: 'And WrestleMania was the first game they gave us... what Sam Stern notoriously does is they release a game with unfinished code... Once that game's done with code, that game's going to be fucking amazing.'
WrestleMania pinball has a physical design flaw with bumper feedback routing that software cannot fix
medium confidence · Jack criticizes: 'this game has a really bad feed out of the bumpers (jet bumpers, thumper bumpers) that sort of goes right down the middle for every person. And people are trying to fix that with like, fatter rubbers and stuff, but that's my only hiccup with that whole game. It's like there's a physical problem with it that software can't fix.'
“And we also animated the witch on The Wizard of Oz pinball machine. And we also developed their whole back-end system For all their future pinball machines”
Trevor@ 46:22 — Reveals Trevor and Simon's professional involvement with Jersey Jack Pinball, indicating direct collaboration with major manufacturer on technical and creative elements
“what Sam Stern notoriously does is they release a game with unfinished code. Okay. All right? Like, Star Trek just got new code, you know, a month ago.”
Jack Danger@ 43:32 — Documents Stern's known practice of releasing games with incomplete code and providing later updates; confirms recent Star Trek update
“It's like there's a physical problem with it that software can't fix.”
Jack Danger@ 44:27 — Identifies fundamental design flaw with WrestleMania pinball bumper mechanics that cannot be resolved through code updates
“if you're allowed to death save a pinball machine, like, racking it around to, like, bring it back out of the trough there, you can get all the scores you want.”
Jack Danger@ 29:33 — Explains advanced pinball technique (death save) and why tournament rules prohibit it
“We have a lot of top 200 players in world. Come and battle us at our studio... We have beer in the fridge, whiskey in the cooler.”
Jack Danger@ 38:26 — DeadFlip studio community offer indicating high-level competitive players and streaming venue location
business_signal: Stern Pinball partnership with We Are Pinball to provide new games upon release indicates distribution/testing relationship with content creators
high · Jack states: 'We Are Pinball partnered with Sam Stern. And they drop off their new games as they release them.'
community_signal: DeadFlip studio operates as competitive hub hosting top 200 world players and streaming daily, positioning as center of competitive pinball community
high · Jack invitation: 'We have a lot of top 200 players in world. Come and battle us at our studio... Stream every day except for the weekend.'
design_philosophy: Simon and Trevor express concern about visual aesthetics of modern Stern games (WrestleMania, Walking Dead, Whitewater) citing excessive bright lights and color, preferring stark design
medium · Jack: 'The only thing I don't like about it is that it's fun to play, but it is ugly as all hell... It's the same thing I don't like about Whitewater, or about Walking Dead. It's like, it's too many bright lights, and like, I don't know, color, I think?'
personnel_signal: Commercial animators Simon and Trevor collaborated directly with Jersey Jack Pinball on Wizard of Oz machine animation and backend system development, indicating talent flow from professional animation to pinball manufacturers
high · Direct statement by Trevor: 'when Jersey Jack Pinball was coming out with The Wizard of Oz pinball machine, we're like, we want to help in any way possible. We animated the Wicked Witch on that pinball machine And we also developed their whole back-end system For all their future pinball machines'
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announcement: WrestleMania pinball released by Stern with unfinished code, with expectation of significant improvement after code updates
medium · Jack: 'Everyone thought that game was going to suck... It's fun, and then what Sam Stern notoriously does is they release a game with unfinished code... Once that game's done with code, that game's going to be fucking amazing.'
product_concern: WrestleMania pinball has documented physical design flaw with bumper feedback routing that software cannot fix, indicating manufacturing or mechanical design quality issue
high · Jack explains: 'this game has a really bad feed out of the bumpers (jet bumpers, thumper bumpers) that sort of goes right down the middle for every person... It's like there's a physical problem with it that software can't fix.'